We loved our wonderful guest post from Undercover Mumsy a couple of weeks ago so much (read it here) that we’ve got another ‘painting in a zip lock bag’ activity to show you:
What do you need?
- Paints (we used ArtWorks Poster Paints from The Works)
- Zip lock bags
- Sellotape
What do you do?
- Put two large blobs of different coloured paints inside the bag (ideally at far ends from one another)
- Zip lock the bag
- Secure with sellotape.
- Play!
I love this activity for many reasons:
- It’s a wonderful sensory experience for children. Pressing, squishing and mixing the paints with their fingers and hands.
- It’s different! In my experience, children enjoy it because it’s unlike other activities they’ve done with paints.
- In my opinion, it’s great for children who don’t like paint touching their skin, children with eczema on their hands or children who you’re concerned may put paint in their mouth.
- It’s mess free!
- Visually, it looks really interesting watching the paints mix together.
- Children can learn about colours and how to mix new colours.
The SEN Resources Blog 
3 responses to “Sensory Paint Bags”
Would have never thought of this way of playing with paint.
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